Game Blog

Months ago MeltedJoystick Editor Nelson and I determined to build our own SteamBoxes. We had discovered the joys of Steam and had been playing games like “Dungeon Defenders” for countless hours, Nelson on his aging laptop and me on my 2010 Mac Pro, obviously with Windows installed. Steam made us feel like it had the potential to ...

After being lured in by the wonders of Steam back in February of 2012, it soon became obvious that the laptop I use for most things computing-related just didn’t cut it as a dedicated gaming PC. Indeed, the entire concept of a ‘dedicated gaming PC’ seemed alien to me as someone who had long tried – and failed – to maintain a...

So Sony had been hyping their big Feb. 20th meeting for some time. Granted, most everyone knew it was going to be about their next generation system - but what would they show? The big tease is finally over and what we got was.... a controller - some game trailers - some specs and a promise that at E3 they were really going to show us the goods.

Back in July, I lamented the sorry state of the tablet PC and listed the three reasons I didn’t own one. As of a month ago, those reasons no longer apply. While initially I planned to buy the Microsoft Surface Pro, I was turned off...

A month ago, I began a quest in search of a motion-control solution for the PC that was comparable to Nintendo’s Wiimote and Nunchuck combo for playing FPSes. While initially it seemed my quest was one of pure futility, fraught with a confusing mixture of terrible PC controllers, big price tags, and questionable hacks, fate,...

Welcome to another look into the near future. February may be the shortest month of the year, and may immediately follow a somber month of mourning for the past holiday season, but it looks like this February there are plenty of new games being released. Will any of them be worthwhile? I doubt it!

February looks to be a light month for shovelware and licensed trash. Across all consoles and han...